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18 Rainham Road Chatham Kent ME5 7EJ

MC/18/0244Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 8 March 2018

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a dormer to rear attached to a 2nd floor extension to existing 2 storey rear projection to faciliate an additional flat within the roof space

Received
22 January 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Luton And Wayfield Ward
Agent
Bernard Hyde Associates
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 18 Rainham Road Chatham Kent ME5 7EJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME5 7EJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2018
Consultation expiry
23 February 2018
Consultation start
29 January 2018
Consultation end
19 February 2018
Neighbour consultation start
29 January 2018
Neighbour consultation end
19 February 2018
Last date for comments
19 February 2018
Target decision date
23 March 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bernard Hyde Associates
Agent address
79A Wilson Avenue Rochester Kent ME1 2SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 February 2018
Site notice start
2 February 2018
Site notice end
23 February 2018

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Luton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Source: Medway

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